Re: [saag] Liking Linkability

[Ben Laurie <[e-mail]>]

On 22 October 2012 11:59, Kingsley Idehen <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On 10/22/12 5:54 AM, Ben Laurie wrote:
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>> Where we came in was me pointing out that if you disconnect your
>> identities by using multiple WebIDs, then you have a UI problem, and
>> since then the aim seems to have been to persuade us that multiple
>> WebIDs are not needed.
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> Multiple WebIDs (or any other cryptographically verifiable identifier) are a
> must.
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> The issue of UI is inherently subjective. It can't be used to objectively
> validate or invalidate Web-scale verifiable identifier systems such as
> WebID or any other mechanism aimed at achieving the same goals.

Ultimately what matters is: do users use it correctly? This can be tested :-)

Note that it is necessary to test the cases where the website is evil,
too - something that's often conveniently missed out of user testing.
For example, its pretty obvious that OpenID fails horribly in this
case, so it tends not to get tested.

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> Anyway, Henry, I,  and a few others from the WebID IG (hopefully) are going
> to knock up some demonstrations to show how this perceived UI/UX
> inconvenience can be addressed.

Cool.

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